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Necrosis and Infection

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Skin infection leading to cutaneous necrosis is a rare condition. The presence of an immunosuppressant state or an impaired vascular network is a risk factor associated with infection spreading and skin necrosis.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Farida Benhadou & Véronique del Marmol

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  1. Farida Benhadou
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Correspondence to Farida Benhadou .

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  1. Department of Surgery Pôle EMMBRUN Wound Healing Unit, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France

    Luc Téot

  2. Department of Geriatrics Wound Healing Unit, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France

    Sylvie Meaume MD, PhD

  3. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Sadanori Akita

  4. Division of Vascular Surgery Section of Wound Healing and Tissue, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    William J. Ennis DO, MBA

  5. Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Erasme Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Veronique del Marmol

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Benhadou, F., Marmol, V.d. (2015). Necrosis and Infection. In: Téot, L., Meaume, S., Akita, S., Ennis, W.J., del Marmol, V. (eds) Skin Necrosis. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1241-0_31

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